Hyke: Northern Lights is an engaging 2D RPG about a witch searching for her mother. While gameplay can feel repetitive at times, the visually stunning environments and the ability to switch between 7 distinct witches make this little RPG one worth exploring.

Kasso Gaiden doesn't feel like it is unique enough to stand out, but it's an interesting little game. I do wish the sound effects were mutable, as they sort of take away from the experience.

A feast for the eyes, RAGE doesn't make the most of its fun arcade action as it's missing some standard features.

A beautiful on-rails shooter that delivers furious deep space combat on a presentational front. Sadly, its grasp for strategic action doesn't quite work and those underlying mechanics simply can't support its repetitive framework.

In spite of its lack of coherency, Payback 2 HD is still an immensely entertaining experience.

A solid puzzler which is occasionally hampered by control issues and an over-reliance on trial and error gameplay.

Tales 5 might not have the strongest puzzles, but it manages to close the story with humour and drama. It means this entire series will go down in Monkey Island history, performance issues aside.

Darker and grittier than its cheery predecessors, but sets up the right tone for the finale. It continues the tradition of sharp dialogue and puzzles, but also shoddy performance.

Spinner Cay is certainly the weakest instalment in the Tales series, but still holds its own with a good few hours of top jokes and puzzles. Horrible performance issues rear their ugly head too often for a strong recommendation.

Monkey Island fans can breathe a sigh of relief - Monkey Island Tales 1 HD is a confident continuation of the franchise with unfortunately ropey controls.

One of the oddest games you'll ever come across, Hamlet replicates the adventure gaming formula of yesteryear with obtuse puzzles that makes for a annoyingly difficult gameplay.

A bizarre and intriguing blend of ideas and styles, Forever Lost doesn't always manage to pull off its ambitious plans, but when it does it's pretty special.

A tough mixture of time management and puzzle, Farm Frenzy 3 HD doesn't push the series significantly forward, but it's still good fun.

Hardcore strategists will be disappointed by the lack of challenge, but casual players may warm to Eufloria HD's tranquil approach to commanding and conquering.

Arknight Endfield is a sci-fi RPG with engaging combat, gorgeous graphics, and a vast map to explore.

A little too easy and restricted in terms of solutions, Empire Builders: Ancient Egypt is a perfectly playable economic strategy game, but lacks the character of the Build-a-Lot series.

Cubetastic offers challenging puzzle play that's enjoyable despite a wildly oscillating difficulty.

Too random to be an Angry Birds killer, polish and original ideas help at least make Chicken Balls HD a contender.

If the last Build-a-lot 3 was feeling a little tired, then Build-a-lot 4 - arriving only a month later - risks popping its own property bubble.

Blosics physics-based puzzles seem like mindless experiments rather than stages with set goals.

Shame about the loss of multiplayer, but for solo gamers Rocket Riot is a real blast - in bite-sized portions, at least.

Rope Rescue HD is an average Angry Birds-style game with few new wrinkles.

Stand O'Food 3 HD is an interesting, funny take on running a fast food joints.

A dull introduction and occasional unfair difficulty spikes aren't enough to run The War of Eustrath HD, particularly in light of its interesting battle mechanics.

With challenges layered for longevity, The Tiny Bang Story HD is sadly undermined by an unwillingness to keep its players on the same page, with its hidden object hunt only coming together in fits and starts.

A hauntingly good extension of the original, Angry Birds Halloween delivers more of the same entertaining physics puzzle play.

A deep and far more complex city builder than the norm on the platform, Westward 2's horrible controls mean few will survive the voyage.

Airport City HD is a freemium management game that offers a decent amount of initial fun for your in-app purchases, but a few bottlenecks and imbalances hold up the traffic somewhat.

Mixing line-drawing with tower defence, A.I.R Defense is an interesting, if unbalanced experiement.

The harsh AI difficulty will diminish its appeal, but 7th Guest: Infection remains a well-presented and interesting boardgame.

A competent but ridiculously overpriced JRPG with too many old ideas and not enough substance or excitement.

Very similar to the first Chaos Rings game in both design and gameplay, Omega comes across more as an expansion pack than a full-blown sequel.

MySims is a quest-based adventure all about building furniture and making a town much better in ranking! It's got some issues with not auto-saving, but otherwise, it's fun if you like building furniture and watching a town grow.

Is This Seat Taken? is a challenging puzzler in which you must seat a group of characters while paying attention to their preferences.

The single-player portion of Bomberman is a lot of fun, with varied stages and plenty of fast, hectic action. Unfortunately, this version is devoid of any sort of online play. The end result is a mixed bag. [Summer 2004, p.15]

As is traditional for the franchise, it’s actually pretty tough once you get going, its cartoon-style good looks belying serious difficulty, even if it never quite manages to match the charm of the Puzzle Bobble games, which relied on a similar mechanic.

Persona 5: The Phantom X offers an intriguing narrative and exciting combat. Unfortunately, the number of cutscenes severely outweighs the battles, marring what could have been an epic RPG.

At its heart, Etheria: Restart is a solid turn-based RPG, but unfortunately, it doesn’t do much to elevate itself above its competitors. As a result, the immediate main story lull just isn’t worth it. You will need to invest a ton of time right away just to play three short stages of the story, and then you’re right back to grinding the joyless side content. You will have to be dedicated to the long haul right off the bat.

Summoners War: Rush is an idle RPG featuring familiar faces from the popular Summoners War franchise, but in convenient portrait form. Everything can be automated in the main campaign, with a tower defence mode, you can also give it a go if you're looking for something more hands-on. I personally don't see how long it can hold my attention, but if the initial adrenaline rush is enough for you, then your mileage may vary.

While Prince of Persia: Lost Crown is a scaled-down entry among its full 3D peers, it has flashy and fun moments that work well for mobile gaming.

Backyard Baseball '97 is a charming port of the original 90's computer game featuring quirky players, with commentary and intuitive controls.

Your House sets itself apart from other point-and-click adventures with its interactive text-based approach to puzzles and its beautiful artwork. Some of the brainteasers can be ragequit-inducing despite the Hint system, but if you're looking for a different kind of challenge when pointing and clicking, then your mileage may vary.

Quilts and Cats of Calico is a charming little mobile board game in which you must create stunning quilts, earn buttons and attract cats.

Avatar Legends: Realms Collide is a fan-service 4X strategy where the worlds of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra collide. It probably won't be appealing to non-fans of the franchise - but given how huge the fanbase is, that might not necessarily be a bad thing.

I do like the general vibe of the game, but it feels like the story itself could be better intertwined within the levels. I also feel progression isn't as punchy, leaving a bit of repetition. Maybe I am just not very excited about coffee!

Graine is an arcade puzzle game in which you must guide a seed to fertile soil. It features challenging puzzles but lacks a hint system and is missing some features since its still in early access.

Kardboard Kings is a charming card shop sim where you navigate the market's ups and downs while juggling customers' requests and your personal relationships. The aesthetics are lovely, but the controls' mobile optimisations leave a lot to be desired, taking away from what's supposed to be an overall chill vibe.

Kawaii Kitchen is a fairly simple experience, but it's cute and the fact that it's not full of microtransactions or pay-to-win really makes it feel like a fantastic experience.

Universe For Sale is a gorgeous visual novel-slash-point-and-click adventure with fantastic world-building and superb writing. The lack of mobile-optimised touch controls makes the gameplay itself incredibly frustrating though, so come for the visuals and stay for the story - if you can manage to tap your way from one chapter to the next.

A Little to the Left is a charming puzzler that tasks you with organising chaos as best as you can. The lovely art style and background music add to the meditative vibes, but frustration will creep in every so often thanks to the odd illogical puzzle and the occasional clunky controls. Give it a go if you're keen on daily puzzles about organising chaos - or at the very least, if you'd like to experience chaos from a crafty cat.

Arkanoid vs. Space Invaders+ is a challenging arcade experience that melds two classic franchises into one.

Drive Ahead! Carcade would be a really fun arcade PvP battler if not for the overly sensitive physics system, which makes it hard to manoeuvre.

Grimguard Tactics is an engaging turn-based RPG with a dark feel that relies on genre standard mechanics.

Frostpunk: Beyond the Ice is the mobile conversion of the survival series that looks and sounds good while making your work hard to progress.

This Disney Pixel RPG is just what its title is: an RPG with a party of Disney characters fighting a universe-ending threat that quickly eats your energy and tests your luck.

The Level Devil is waiting to torture you with a series of short and tricky levels that you can speed through when you've got some time to spare.

All in all, Sword of Convallaria is a pretty decent game. At least to the fans of the genre, I'd say you have to try it. It's free to play so you have nothing to lose. And if you are around my age, it will bring back memories. It's not groundbreaking and it doesn't reinvent the wheel but it's certainly polished enough to offer an enjoyable experience.

Order Daybreak offers entertaining combat and an intriguing sci-fi world. However, the plot is hard to follow making it difficult to become too invested in the characters and world.

Race among a selection of favoured Disney characters throughout their various worlds while hoping for more control in variety and on the touchscreen.

Tarisland is a decent MMORPG with cartoonish graphics, intuitive controls, and a standard combat system. However, the game's characters and storyline aren't distinct enough to be memorable.

Kingdom: The Blood is an incredibly challenging action game that, while entertaining, needs a few tweaks to reach its potential.

Take a trip to the nostalgic past on your way to the Lost Island with solid customisation, lots to collect, and lots to fight, as fuzzy and easy as it may be.

Hidden Through Time 2: Myths and Magic! is an adorable hidden object game with a unique time-changing feature. While the game could benefit from a more refined hint system, it still offers an engaging experience.

There are a lot of moving parts in Potion Permit, and it does the majority of them very well, but therein lies its weakness for me. I had fun with it all, but it never excelled in any of these areas enough to become a fantastic game. For $6.99, definitely buy it and you will undoubtedly enjoy yourself and be warmed by its wholesome atmosphere, but it is unavoidably a jack-of-all-trades situation.

From Eva With Green is a unique puzzle-slash-pinball game with lovely aesthetics that aims to provide an almost Zen-like experience on mobile. While the awkward controls weren't particularly intuitive for me, you might still want to give it a go if you're on the hunt for something casual and unique to help you pass the time.

Money Heist: Ultimate Choice offers an intriguing narrative that's affected by your choices. However, the unchallenging mini-games and Netflix's choice not to release all chapters upon launch bring down what is otherwise a fun experience.

Netflix San Andreas is an okay port of a great game. While it shines in the graphics department, the poor controls bring the game down.

Puzzle and Dragons Story is a charming casual adventure game with strategic match-3 gameplay.

Reverse: 1999 is a visually stunning gacha RPG where you'll rage against the backward flow of time. Characters are unique and incredibly well-voiced, but the writing can be a little awkward and pretty lacklustre. Combat is a fun test of your strategic prowess though, so if you're looking for a mobile gacha game where you can play a more active role in controlling your party, then you might want to give this game a go.

Warcraft Rumble is a strategic "tower offence" game where you deploy miniatures via cards across short real-time battles. Familiar faces from the franchise pop up with a variety of abilities you can get tactical with, but it does start to get grindy fairly early on. You can engage in some PvE missions though to level up before you take on others, so it's worth giving it a shot if you're looking to add a new twist to your standard PvP affair.

Endling - Extinction is Forever is a unique stealth game that raises the stakes using lovable cubs and a desperate mother fox across the dreary backdrop of the end of the world. It's a memorable narrative with effective mechanics, but it's not the ideal game to play on your mobile device. It's also best to go through it in short bursts rather than in long sessions to keep the repetitiveness at bay.

DC Heroes & Villains is a match-3 RPG with a unique story and accessible gameplay mechanics. The auto-play combat makes it a more casual experience rather than a strategic one, so it's not the most engaging game to get into if you're looking to challenge your brain. But it's a good time-waster if you're more of an idle player and a big DC fan.

Unpacking does a great job of engaging players with its simple mechanics and short but meaningful story. The mobile port may not be the best way to enjoy the title though, but if you can get past the clunky controls, it's bound to be a unique experience with a pretty feel-good ending to boot.

In a world overrun with zombies, look to the horizon for a new Undawn and a new beginning for the community, your home, and sometimes zombies.

The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story is a live-action mystery adventure where you'll have to solve murders to piece together a centuries-old case. The narrative is incredibly intriguing, but it can be a huge slog to get there especially for an on-the-go gamer. Be sure you've got the patience to power through if you're looking to get into this game.

LEGO Bricktales is a unique puzzle adventure that puts building with bricks front and centre. The charming characters and the lighthearted story stay true to the LEGO standard, but perhaps it does so with the building mechanics way too accurately. Building with bricks can be frustrating if you don't have a particular skill set, but if anything else, the controls do truly feel extremely optimised for mobile.

Learn some survival and maintenance basics while trying to establish a thriving society in the wilderness for low-poly mannequin people.

How We Know We're Alive is an hour-long narrative journey that tells the story of two estranged best friends with a melancholy mood. The visuals and soundtrack are superb, and while it's not the most gameplay-heavy game out there, it's indeed a powerful reminder of, as the title suggests, how we know we're alive.

Punch Kick Duck is a lovely 3D action beat 'em up with a unique rock-paper-scissors mechanic and adorable visuals. Its simple premise might just make you underestimate the game's difficulty, but if you're looking for a twist to your typical side-scrolling brawler, then a duck with a penchant for fisticuffs might just be your cup of tea.

Eversoul is a visually stunning gacha RPG with beautiful characters and even more beautiful animations. It has everything you need in an idle game on mobile, and while I'm not entirely sure it has enough of an appeal to make new players stay, it's still worth giving a go as your mileage may vary - it's free-to-play, after all.

Iffy free-to-play model aside, Ultimate Sackboy is merely a competent runner that could use a lot more variety to keep things interesting. It's a beautiful-looking game but lacks much substance to keep me coming back. With future seasons and updates planned, this might improve, but for now, it remains okay.

Evidence 111 is a unique detective game in that it encourages you to hear instead of see all the action from your phone. The story is nothing too revolutionary, but the superb voice acting is the highlight of the title, making for an entertaining hour-and-a-half journey.

Automatoys is a nostalgic time-waster that lets you tinker around with "plastic" toys on a digital screen. While its levels are relatively few, the mechanisms are intuitive and unique, and perfectly capture the tactical feel of these retro toys to a tee.

Hindsight is a bittersweet narrative journey featuring gorgeous 3D scenes and fantastic voice acting. The gameplay feels a little lacking and the story hammers on the same point repetitively after a while, but it certainly packs an emotional punch in the end.

Doki Doki Ragnarok is a Viking visual novel-slash-dating sim that lets you date villages instead of people. The loop can get repetitive after a while (and the small text size might make your eyes hurt after a long playthrough), so it's best played in short bursts when you're feeling a little silly.

Evony: The King's Return offers various ways to get your supplies and duke it out with enemies and real-world players. As mentioned, the puzzles add a unique element that is both fun and rewarding, and is a nice change of pace from the usual. Overall, it's a decent game in a classic genre that should offer enough satisfaction.

Hero Emblems II is a match-3 RPG that combines role-playing level progression with match-3 combat. The battles themselves feel a little bit on the lighter side when it comes to strategic depth, but it might just be your cup of tea if you're a fan of its predecessor.

Crux: The Great Outdoors features precision climbing coupled with relaxing music and lovely visuals. It's a contradictory mix of sorts, which isn't my cup of tea - but if you can find a way to manage your expectations going into the game, then it might just be yours.

A Musical Story is a 70s-themed rhythm game with funky music and stunning visuals. Getting those beats right without the Assist function can be frustrating at times, but it's worth picking up if you're up for a challenge (and the occasional earworm).

Puzzle Quest 3 is an enjoyable match-3-slash-RPG experience from the OG franchise that started the genre mash in the first place. It's not for casual players, and the paywall feels a little too high at times, but the match-3 combat itself is an engaging experience that's one for the books.

ENCODYA is a gorgeous-looking point-and-click adventure with painstaking effort put into every detail of the game. It's truly a labour of love, and I appreciate that - but I do wish the controls were more mobile-friendly to make the game less of a slog to get through.

A fantastic game that's well deserving of a port, aside from the controls sometimes betraying you. The only concern is that you lose some of the atmosphere on the smaller screen; For those who play mobile first, however, there's almost no reason to not dive in.

Mini Motorways is a minimalist game with lovely visuals and a low-key soundtrack. The gameplay is pressure-filled, however, and may not appeal to those who are lacking in the organization and neatness department.

PUBG New State, ironically, doesn't offer a completely "new" state for players, but it does freshen things up a bit with new maps and some gear upgrades. Give it a go if you're an avid fan of the franchise - just be sure your screen can handle the clutter, and your hardware can carry the load.

Code Atma has a lot of potential as an idle RPG that dives into the intriguing world of Indonesian mythology. The character art is simply stunning, but, unfortunately, looks aren’t everything, as the content of the gameplay itself is nothing to write home about.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword still doesn't wholly convince a decade on, with flaky controls, drab visuals, and a dull over-world. But it retains enough of that irresistible Zelda magic to warrant a place on your Switch. Just.

The Game of Life 2 is a fun version of the board game, with the addition of different maps, but ultimately it's still a lot of waiting around if you don't have friends.

V4 offers players a wealth of content, but little of it is compelling. A decent combat system and beautiful graphics aren't enough to overcome a bloated upgrade system, poor voice acting, and a generic gameplay experience.